The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-16
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Eutters OF Money aai Management
Aboat Various Lines.


/ The city OF Wilmington has voted a sub
/ scription of 100000 to tho Wilmington,
/ Onslow and East Carolina Railroad The
vote was ,049 fDr and 30l against the sub
scription. The minority talk about an ln-
| junction.
| IL Is rumored that the Wilmington and
| Weldon Railroad Company will in short
time extend the road from Williamson to
GAINESVILLE, and that the GAINESVILLE and
Washington Railroad Company will then
build a branch from GAINESVILLE TO Ply
mouth, and that the two will be run in con-
nection with each other.
A Tallahassee, Fla. special of Aug. IA,
says that 900 hands will be put to work at
| the Carrabelle end of the Tallahassee, Car
rabelle and Gulf railroad in a few days.
| Tallahassee gentleman, now in New York,
saw several thousand dollars worth of sup
plies marked for shipment to Carrabelle for
this road. 1t will run from Tallahassee,
southwesterly sixty miles, to Carrabelle.
1t is rumored that the Pullman Car Com
pany will establish a building and repair
shops at Florence, S. c. One thing is GER
tain, a large transaction i'll real estate
lying near the present shops has been con-
Guided by the railroad authorities, for what
purpose no one seems willing to say One
official assured a reporter that something
OF moment and of particular benefit to
time, and probably in less than month.
1--WE learn from an authentic source"
says Modiays Times Union, that Col +.
b. Papy, who was for so many years con
nectec with the Florida Railway and Navi-
CATION system, under its different owners
and arrangements, and who recently re-
signed the position Of Traffic Manager, has
been offered by the management of the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western Railway
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position in connection with that road. He
has not yet decided whether to accept or
not, but will render his decision soon. Col.
PapY is first-claSs railroad man, and will
be valuable accession to the staff of the
Savannah, Florida and Western"
Sanford, Fla, is to have the only Union
depot in the State, and it will also be one of
the finest in the South The six lines of
railway terminating there have practically
ing of the South Florida railroad depot last
summer, and there has been talk, from
time to time, that the different roads would
unite and build a handsome union depot.
The talk, however, never assumed definite
shape until few weeks ago when President
j. E. Ingraham, of the South Florida rail
road, also representing the other lines, petit
toned the City Council for certain privi-
leges which have been spoken of in these
granted as asked, and President In
graham says that work will be commenced
at once. The plans are almost finished, and
work on the brick and iron building will
begin about Sept. l. 1t will occupy almost
| the same site as that of the late South
Florida passenger station on Commercial
| street. The new building, however, will
be much larger. more modern i'll style,
and will be constructed of brick and
iron, with either tile or ornamental
corrugated iron roof. The passenger train
tracks will be under roof, and the walks
around the depot will be of concrete, thus
rendering the building practically fire proof.
As the general offices are now located in the
| Welborne brick block, the depot will not be
used for any of the general offices. The
| train dispatcher's assistants will have an
Office there also the depot master. 1t is the
intention and desire of the railway compa-
MES to have the building completed and
ready for use by Dec 1, next, and to that
end work will he pushed as rapidly as pos
sible.